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Archive for January 25, 2009
The Tale of a Smarter Planet
January 25, 2009 by sean.
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Coffee and Alzheimer’s
January 25, 2009 by sean.
Researchers from Sweden and Denmark find that drinking coffee may reduce risk or Alzheimer’s and age-related dementia [via medheadlines.co]:
[P]articipants who drank between three and five cups of coffee a day were 65% less likely to develop dementia than those who drank less…
While not advocating someone start drinking coffee as a preventive measure, Dr. Miia Kivipelto, associate professor of neurology at Stockholm’s Karolinska Institute, suggests the following factors may be involved:
Previous studies have found drinking coffee decreases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a disease that raises the risk of dementia
Animal studies have shown that caffeine reduces formation of amyloid plaques in the brain. These plaques are a distinguishing characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease.
Coffee may be a bloodstream-protecting antioxidant that protects the vascular system enough to reduce the likelihood of dementia
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